Boys 100 Meters 1. Taylor Searle, 11.27, Hamilton 2. William Wagner, 11.38, Florence 3. Brogan Gard, 11.54, Stevensville 4. Riley Reeves, 11.81, Florence-Carlton 5. McCoy Townsend, 11.83, Darby 6. Marin […]
Archives for May 2, 2023
Valley softball at Frenchtown tournament
by Scott Sacry The four Valley softball teams competed in the Frenchtown Tournament on Friday, April 28th and Saturday, April 29th. Each school played 4 games. Corvallis In their first […]
Midseason track & field musings
by Scott Sacry Track & Field is the ultimate meritocracy. The winners run faster, throw farther, and jump higher than the next person – there’s no style points, there’s no […]
Obert Martin Osmundson Sr.
Obert Martin Osmundson Sr. spent 94 years on this earth and like most 90-something’s, he wore many different hats over the span of his life. As many would expect, his […]
Nadine Jean Purvis Greene
Victor – Nadine Jean Purvis Greene, 85, passed away at Discovery Care Centre in Hamilton on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Nadine was born in Ontario, OR, November 16, 1937. She […]
John Threewitz Boatwright
John Threewitz Boatwright, age 89, passed away on April 23, 2023 of natural causes in Hamilton, Montana. John was born in Faribault, Minnesota on February 22, 1934 to Mabel Mary […]
Kudos to Ravalli Electric Co-op
by Carmela M. Bowns, Hamilton Ravalli Electric Cooperative’s “Power of Change” program recently awarded Bitterroot Public Library $2500 for a collection of new Wonderbooks for young readers. Wonderbooks are the modern […]
Re: ‘Saying no to a shot’ (John Dowd 4/26)
by Helene Etminan, Hamilton Thank you, John, for this courageous article. Not many people have the courage to make such an unpopular decision and then report on it in public. But […]
More guns, not less
by Gene Wensel, Hamilton I found it interesting that the woman with the hyphenated name felt uncomfortable concern about sitting across the aisle from a man wearing a legal sidearm in […]
Mental health
by Mark Snider, Hamilton For hundreds of years millions of people have prayed for others who have mental health problems. If mental health was a spiritual issue, then those who meditate, […]
Republican bully gets black eye
by Russ Lawrence, Hamilton Earlier in this miserable legislative session, HB 361 was passed and now awaits Gov. Gianforte’s signature. The bill specifies that misgendering and otherwise harassing transgender students is […]
They have done it
by Diane Thomas-Rupert, Stevensville Fellow senior citizens, a few weeks ago I said, “we see so many legislators presenting bills that are intended to have negative consequences. Their efforts are spent […]
Freedom Caucus
by Jim Hamilton, Florence Freedom Caucus. We don’t cancel. We censure. I watched the morning news on TV and saw where Montana again had a featured story because a Missoula State […]
Thieves
by William Lee Slade, Stevensville Well, here we go. Social Security is going broke, right? Borrow, take and use something that belongs to someone else with the intention of returning it. […]
New investments in local agriculture
by Ravalli County Right to Farm and Ranch Board members— Al Babel, Haydon Davis, Joann Hosko, Howard Lyons, Alan Maki, Jay Meyer, Kimberly Richardson (ex-officio), Darrel Sperry, Cherie Turnbull The Ravalli County Right to Farm and Ranch board has […]